US counties reporting good air quality days

Between 2008 and 2022, babies named Loki and US counties reporting good air quality days both increased, correlating at 0.9619 across fifteen data points. The environmental reading is that cleaner air produces more mischievous children, which is not how either air quality or Norse mythology works. The MCU's Loki became popular during the same period that environmental regulations improved air quality, and both trends reflect a society getting better at managing its atmosphere and its entertainment portfolio simultaneously. The god of mischief would appreciate being correlated with environmental compliance.

The name Loki grew from near-zero to several hundred births annually, driven by Tom Hiddleston's MCU portrayal. Good air quality days increased as Clean Air Act regulations and cleaner vehicles improved ambient air quality. Both are 15-year upward trends driven by independent forces.

A pop-culture baby name and an environmental metric will correlate across a shared growth window. The MCU and the Clean Air Act share a timeline, not a screenplay.